Removable tire for vehicles.



Pa-tented J une 8, 1909.

A. M OONDIT. REMOVABLE TIRE FOR VEHICLES. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT 12 1906 WITNESSES 762, f

- attached, that sli NK EEB ARTHUR M. CONDIT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

REMQVAELF, TIRE Fi ht Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 8, 1909.

Application filed September 12, ices. Serial as; 334,231.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ARTHUR M. Connrr, a cltizen of the United States, residing at East Orange,'in the county of Essex and State 01' New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Removable Tires for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper ains to make and use the same, reference 1). rig had to the accompanying drawings, and toslgures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a vehicle wheel that is providedwith an inflated pneumatic tire, and the invention is designed to provide a tire that, with its rim, is detachable, so that the rim and the inflated tire can be removed or affixed tothe wheel to overcome the present objectionable method of deflating a tire, prior to removal, and then going through the necessary operation of inflating it again after it is in place. v p

The invention rovides a tire with a rim d e over the folly of a wheel, and a further object of the invention is to prov1de means for clampmg or wedgmg the rim on the Wheel so that it will not become displaced, and also provides a quick means for removing the rim and its tire.

An advanta e of the present construction is a split ring orminga wedgin means, or one side of the wheel, that holds itself in place while thebolts of the'wheel are being attached. v

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v F 'ure 1 is a side view of the portion of a whelfi with the improved detachable tire and its rim in place. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2,

'2, in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on iine 3,

3, in Fig. 1. Fig. i is a broken elevation of the split ring used in the wheel, and Fig. is a section similar to Fig. 3 showing a modified form of structure.

in the present device, I use any ordinary construction of wheel provided with a telly 1. and secured to the ielly 11, in any well known manner, is the annular flanged ring 12 "which has a tapered face 13 and the portion 14 fitting over the folly. Sliding on the portion 14 is the split ring 15 that has the wedgeshaped or tapered face 16 opposed to the iace 13 of the ring 12. These two elements, 12 and'15, are drawn tightly together or released from one another by means of the bolts 17. The ring 15is perforatedv us at 18, for the reception of these bolts and is split, as shown in Fig. 4:, at 19.' This ring is made slightly smaller, normally, on its inside edge, than the circumference of the portion 14 of the ring 12 which is solid, thus when the split ring 15 is sprung into place, the spring action will cause it togrip itself around the portion 14 so that it will not be necessary to hold the ring in place while the bolts 17 are being inserted.

W hen the elements 12 and 15 are drawn together, the opposed chamfered or wedgeshaped faces 13 and 16 bear against the edges of an annular ring 20, which is provided with box eled edges so that it is ti htly forced into place when the rings 12 am 15 are brought together. Attached to the ring 20, in any way usual in the wheel construction, is the clamping rim 21 which holds the tire 22 in place and makes a solid structure. It will thus beseen that when the rim is to hetaken oil" it is only necessary to remove the bolts 17 and takeoff the ring 15, when the rim 20, with its tire, can be removed without deflating the tire any, and in the same way a the can he put on, and after the ring 15 is in place it is securely held. lnder this construction extra tires can be carried, byautomobiles, inflated and can he put on in this inflated shape which does not necessitate the pumping up of the tire after it is in place, and it wi i also be seen that this will he a big advantage to racing machines on account of the time saved in removing a tire.

Iln Fig. 5 l illustrate a modified form where a bolt 23 is user! to spread the edges of the tire apart to it under the over lapping portions of the rim 21, and it passes down through the ring 2 and is provided with a nut to clamp all the parts together. In all the COIlStYLMf-t-lODS, the ring 12 and the telly 11 can be fastened by means of the bolts 25, shown in Fig. At the points where the holts 17 are placed, the run 20 is cut away, as at 26, shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This prevents any circular movement between the wedge shaped rings and the rim 20 and provides for the transmission of power to the rim, there should be a ship between the op posed beveled faces of the ciamping rings. llaving thus described my invention, what i. claim is A wheels-c n rising a folly, a ring secured to the'ielly am having a portion of its face "k -shaped transverse spht, the spilt rmg 0e pm'al'lei with the axis ef the Wheel and the rememcler of we feee beveled, a. mug 1mm ing adapted to slide on, the pamHe} per 1011 of the "first ring and. having" beveled face 012- posed to beveleci fem en the fires ting, a rim having a the attached to its outer periphery and having its inner edges beveled to engage the beveled. eeof the rings, and bolts passing through the beveled 1" u, drmv them aogether, the split ring v (,0 be sprung on the first ring and 10k; .iis x e mm in place by its spring: action be and while the bolts are atteehed Y e In tesbim a; I emim the foregoing, 1' have herewn my hand this lfithdny of Augusig 1906,

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